Big Idea of the Series: This six-week series looks at Old Testament passages that foreshadowed Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, and the Old Testament is filled with stories that show how God’s redemptive plan was to be fulfilled in Jesus.

Week 1

Text: Genesis 3:1– 15        

Topics: The Fall, The Serpent, The First Gospel

Big Idea of the Message: In the garden of Eden, God promised to send the world Jesus.

Application Point: Before you were born and had any sort of struggle, trial, or temptation, God had already promised to send you a Savior.

Text: Luke 5:17–26

Topic(s): Mission, Healing, Interruptions

Big Idea of the Message: Jesus responded to interruptions in the middle of his teaching and used them to further the gospel message.

Application Point: "Interruptions" in our lives can really be opportunities glorify God. Let's be a people to take those opportunities on with excitement!

Week 4

Text: Matthew 14:13–22

Topic(s): Mission, Healing, Interruptions

Big Idea of the Message: In his grief, Jesus still served his community. It turns out serving helps God's people heal and grow in a powerful and unique way.

Text: Mark 10:46–52

Topic(s): Healing, Interruptions, Serving, Acceptance, Community

Big Idea of the Message: Jesus responded to the most vulnerable in society, even when they made others uncomfortable

This is the purpose and mission of the church, and Jesus expects us to embrace it.

Week 4: Joy

Text: Matthew 2:1–18

Key Words: treasures, prophecy fulfilled, God's glory

Big Idea of the Message: The people we see at Jesus’s arrival point us to his essential nature. The wise men say, with with great JOY, “Here is your King!”

Week 3: Love

Text: Luke 2:8-21

Key Words: incarnation, shepherds, least of these, love of God

Big Idea of the Message: Every person’s life is impacted by the birth of Jesus because every person’s eternity can be changed by his death and resurrection. This is the LOVE of God incarnate,

Week 2

Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Key Words: Peace, Jesus, Advent, Bridge to God

Big Idea of the Message: God’s Son came to Mary and Joseph as the fulfilled promise of a Savior for the world. His arrival was intended to bring PEACE between God and man, and restoration of all creation.

Big Idea of the Series: This series weaves together Matthew’s and Luke’s accounts of Christ’s birth to tell the story of Christmas over four weeks.

Text: Luke 1:5–25, 39–45

Topics: John the Baptist’s Birth, Angels, Jesus’s Birth

Big Idea of the Message: God uses the HOPE & faithfulness of Zechariah and Elizabeth to prepare the way for the arrival of John the Baptist and the eventual arrival of Jesus Christ.

Application Point: God is committed to the faithful, but sometimes we must trust the Lord and wait patiently for his provision; then he can bless others through us.